Mob boss Bill D'Elia has apparently copped a plea to testify against slots parlor I've long dreaded this weird, but important moment in Slotsylvania history - and I'm not talking about the nation's temporary focus on this state for the ...

Former Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board chairman Thomas A. "Tad" Decker is once again telling newspapers that his board did not know slots parlor applicant Louis DeNaples was lying to them before they issued him a license. ...

One of the biggest impediments to slots reform, though, has been state Rep. Harold James (D-Philadelphia), majority chairman of the House Gaming Oversight Committee. He has refused to move any slots-related legislation out of his ...

After first denying there was a problem with the way the state licenses its slots parlor owners, Earll (R-Erie) now says she's willing to hold hearings in light of the four perjury charges filed against slots parlor owner Louis DeNaples ...

The contribution to Mr. Corbett on January 20, 2005 was just 2 days after the day Mr. Corbett was sworn in as Attorney General and well after the slots law had passed giving oversight of gaming law to the Attorney General. ...

First off, the now-indicted slots parlor owner was praised by a Roman Catholic bishop on Friday for helping fund the University of Scranton's new $35 million student center, which is named for DeNaples' parents. ...

He may be bound by Omerta not to rat on other made guys, but reputed Northeastern Pennsylvania mob boss Billy D'Elia would have gladly sung like a canary about his long-time friendship with now-indicted slots parlor owner Louis DeNaples ...

Veon not only wanted slots gambling when he was a top Democrat in the state House, he wanted riverboat gambling too and pushed hard to get it. Now that he's a lobbyist, is he still working toward the goal of gambling expansion? ...

Although the 2004 law legalizing slot machine gambling banned direct campaign contributions from anyone with gambling interests, it did not bar them from hiring lobbyists who can wine and dine lawmakers and make indirect political ...

Lawyers for indicted slots parlor owner Louis DeNaples have appealed his perjury charges to the state Supreme Court, the same cast of characters - minus one, former Chief Justice Ralph Cappy - that rubberstamped the Legislature ...

A tax reform promise Rendell now has no plans to deliver without hiking income or sales taxes for everyone - or dare I say it - turning the slots parlors into full-fledged casinos. That's why during my day job as an online content ...

Anybody who reads my blog on a regular basis has heard me rant that indicted slots parlor owner Louis DeNaples gave at least $115000 in political contributions to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, and that his honor has given none of the ...

Piccola voted against the slots law in 2004 and was one of 13 senators who fought in August 2006 for a package of 21 bills that would have: prohibited public officials and their families from holding any ownership interest in ...

Former Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board chief Tad Decker blames the state police for not sharing what they knew before the board licensed now-indicted slots parlor owner Louis DeNaples. "If it's true that Mr. DeNaples lied, ...

Rube broke the news today that two months before his indictment Wednesday and just a month after the slots parlor opened, DeNaples tried to shift ownership of the casino to his children and grandchildren. "The timing is, honestly, ...

The nation's third largest casino company -- Penn National Gaming Inc. of Wyomissing, Pa. -- has already begun site work on the 36-acre parcel for a proposed new $75 million slots casino it hopes to open by late 2010.

Representatives of three of the state's slots casinos spent nearly two hours today telling the House Gaming Oversight Committee how residents and the commonwealth would benefit from the approval of casino table games at Pennsylvania's casinos.

The moment Pennsylvania legislators approved slot-machine gambling in 2004, many predicted blackjack, poker and craps tables would soon join them on the floor of commonwealth casinos.

CLEVELAND (AP) - The Ohio Lottery Commission is due to vote on racetrack slot machine rules that have drawn criticism from church leaders.

Our view: Developers of the proposed Baltimore casino say they gambled on getting a more attractive piece of land, but we need to be sure they got no special treatment Our view: Developers of the proposed Baltimore casino say they gambled on getting a more attractive piece of land, but we need to be sure they got no special treatment

Rival studies say they'd either be a windfall for the state or cause a decline in casino income Legalizing table games in Pennsylvania casinos would either create thousands of jobs and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in tax relief or cause a decline in slot machine revenues and force higher real estate taxes. It all depends on who is doing the analyzing.

A state commission overseeing the approval of slot machine licenses in Maryland is leaning heavily on Penn National Gaming Inc. to increase its stake in a Cecil County gaming parlor, suggesting it might not approve the project otherwise. (PENN)

After more than a decade of having a near-monopoly in the region, Delaware's gaming industry is under attack at the borders.

Strapped for cash and unable to make loan payments since October, America's first casino to open outside Las Vegas wants to hand itself over to its lenders. Resorts Atlantic City had faced a foreclosure threat from lenders since January because the casino had... Sponsored Topics: Casino - Gambling - Atlantic City New Jersey - Las Vegas Nevada - Games

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America's first casino to open outside Las Vegas wants to hand itself over to its lenders. The owners are asking permission from state casino regulators to cede ownership to lenders, while staying on to run the gambling hall.